chuck hagel understands that. he understands what it's like to be wounded, and he would probably pay very close attention to that. >> richard haass, the questions are coming at senator hagel from so many different directions, questions about his views on gay rights and israel and heard senator corker about questions from his staff on his temperament. you served in the administration, head of the foreign relations committee. what should be relevant? >> his ability to run the pentagon and views on position and i think there is a space and should be for the hearings and more broadly to ask chuck hagel what is he prepared to do about iran, what does he think the right mix of sanctions or possible use of military force? what should we be doing about cutting the pentagon budget or senator corker said about nuclear issues? all totally legitimate. where i think people are going over the line is how many attacks -- questioning whether he's an anti-semite. i've known him for 20 years. for what it's worth, i think that's pre